Illuminated sight for firearms.



E. 0; DEERE & T. 0. JADEEEOEG. ILLUMINATED SIGHT FOR FIREARMS.

APPLIUATION FIL D F B. 11, 1909.

Patented May 4, 1909.

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UNiTEi) STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMIL 0. DEERE AND THURE O. JADERBORG, OF LINDSBORG, KANSAS.

ILLUMINATED SIGHT FOR FIREARMS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 4, 1909.

Application filed February 11, 1909. Serial No. 477,324.

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that we, ltnu, O. DEERE and Turns 0. Jiinnnnonc, citizens ofthe United States, both residing at Lindsborg, in the county ofMcPherson and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Innprovements in Illuminated Sights for Fire arms, of which the followingis a specification.

In the use of lire arms, it frequently becomes desirable to be able totake an accu rate aim at night time or at dusk, but owing to the,smallness and color of the sights in common use, bility.

The object of the invention has been to obviate this difficulty by theprovision of a novel form of illuminated sight which can be readilyapplied to any fire arm, and which will not interfere with the usualsights which are used during the day.

The invention further contemplates a simple and inexpensive sight ofthis character which can be used to an advantage not only in connci'tionwith fire arms, but also in connection with engineering instruments orthe like where it is necessary to take a sight after dark. i

, For a full understanding of the inv ntion and the merits thereof andalso to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the meansfor effecting the result, reference is to ho had to the followingdescription and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a gun provided with illuminated sightsconstructed in accordance with the invention, portions being brokenaway; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, portions being brokenaway; Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse sectional view on I he linc.3-3of Fig. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the standard, socket, and light, thesaid members being shown as separated. Fig. 5 is a pcrspective view ofthe muzzle of the gun showing the front sight and a modified form ofhood ada ted to be applied to the sight for pr otcc-ting t 10 sameduring transportation.

(.orrcsponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samerefercnce characters.

For the purposc of illustration, the invention is shown as applied to agun of which the numeral 1 designates the barrel, 2 the usual frontsight, and the usual rear sight, the said sights being of the typecommonly emthis is practically an'impossi-.

ployed for shooting during the day. Appiied to the gun immediately inrearol each of those sights is a clamp, and in the present instancethose clamps are in the nature of split rings 4, the ends of the splitrings being extended outwardly and connected by a screw 5. When thesescrews are tightened the s lit rings are held securely in position,whiib when the screws are loosened the split rings may be adjusted uponthe gun or entirely removed therefrom. Each of those split rings isprovided at one side with a vertical sleeve 6, and loosely receivedwithin. each of these sleeves is a tubular standard 7. The upper end ofeach of the tubular standards is extended laterally at 7 and the saidstandards are mounted within the sleeves so as to have either a rotarymovement therein or a longitudinal movement therethrough, set screws 8being utilized for holding the standards in an adjusted position. I Alight carrying membeer 9 which is shown as in the nature of a lampsocket, is fitted within the laterally oxtcnded end 7 of each of thestandards and has a telescoping movement therein so as to be moved inand out from the standard. as desired, a set screw 10 being utilized forhold.- ing the soclict in an adjusted position. The lights themselvesare applied to the light carrying member 9 and are preferably in theform of i ncandi-scent electric lights which are threaded in thesockets, the food wires 1] for the lights passing through the tubularstandards.

A battery 12 for supplying current for tl 1c lights, is secured to thegun under the barrel thereof, and a rheostat 13 is utilized forregulating the current supplied to the lights. 'lhesc lights aredesigned to be very small in size so to have the appearance of sparks,and when the sigl'it is being used those sparks are brought intoalincment with each other and used in the same manner-as ordinarysights.

opaque to light except at a very small portion on the outer end of thebull) or on the upper surface whicl'i will be left clear and will thuscause a faint light to be shown. Such a construction has the advantageof preventing a blinding effect upon the eyes and is consequentlypreferable to looking directly at the bulbs.

Under some conditions it may be found desirable to provide a hood 14 forthe lamps, the said hoods having an arched formation In the preferredconstruction the bulbs of the incamlescent lamps are rendered and beingprovided at one end with aspring catch and at the o posite end with apair of curved arms, 16. lhecurved arms 16 are received within.corresponding openings in the sleeve 6 while'the catch 15 is engaged byan opening in a block 17 upon the op osite' side ,ofthe clam ing bend 4.E It will a so be observed that the hood isprovided at .the front andrear thereof with the flanges 18 which extend from one end'of the hoodto- -ward the central portion thereof and serve to shield thelateral'arm 7 a of the standard. A slightly modified construction of thehood is shown in Fig. 5, in which the flanges 18* extend entirely acrossthe hood so as to com letely house the sight. Hhis form of the 00d maybe applied to the gun when it is to be transporte for a considerable distance without being used. I It will thus be obvious that wehave providedan illumi nated sight which is peculiarly mounted so as to bereadily'swung about avertical axis, moved up and down, or movedlaterally to one side, and which can therefore be very easily andquickly adjustedand brought into proper alinement.

Having thus described the invention,what is claimed as new is: I I hv 1. In a. sight for fire arms or the like, the

, combination of a standard formed at one end with a laterallyprojecting arm and mounted and mounted u on the fire arm so as to haveboth a longitu inal and a rotary movement, a socket mounted upon thelateral arm of the standard so as to be moved in and out thereon, anelectric light ap lied to the socket, and feed wires for "the e eetriclight, the said feed wires passing through the tubular standard.

thereon;

5. In a sight for fire arms or the like, the- 3. In'a sight for firearms orthe like, the combination of a clamp ada )ted to be aplied'to thefire arm, a tu ular standard formed with a laterally projecting arm andadjustably mounted upon the clamp so as to have both a longitudinal anda rotary movement, a socket upon the lateral arm of the standard, thesaid socket being adjustably mounted so as to be moved toward or awayfrom the standard, an incandescent electric light applied to the socket,and feed wires for the lights, the said feed wires passing' through thetubular standard.

4. In a sight for fire arms or the like, the combination of a split ringadapted to be detachably applied to the fire arm, a sleeve upon onevsideof the split ring, a standard adjustably mounted within the sleeve 'soasto have both a'rotary'and a longitudinal movement, the standard beingformed with a laterally extending arm, and a sight adjustably mountedupon the lateral arm of the standard so as to be moved in and outcombination of a clamp adapted to be a plied to the fire arm, anilluminated si 'it carried by the clamp, and a hood detacha ly appliedto the clam 6. In a sight for re arms or the like, the combination of aclamping band adapted to be applied to the fire arm and formed on oneside with a sleeve and on the opposite side with a block, a standardassing adjustably through the sleeve, a sig t member carried by thestandard, and an arch sha ed hood one end of which is attached to t esleeve while the opposite end is attached to the block upon theclamping. band.

In testimony whereof we allix our signa tures in presence of twowitnesses.

EMIL 0. DEERE. [Li a] THURE 0. .iiinEmmau, lL. a]

NVitnesses OSCAR LOFGREN, EDWIN ANDERSON.

